There is a bell curve for the adoption of technology in every industry. Early adopters tend to be very open to risk and like being on the cutting edge of technology. They drive the industry forward and find great reward there.
The operations of your business is the cogs of your organization. Whatever industry you are in, there are a set of processes in place that create the service or product you provide. This is your operations.
If you’ve ever shopped for an article of clothing online, you probably appreciate standards. Especially if you’re a woman. Medium and large are very subjective, and if you’re tall, getting those ankles and wrists covered can be a struggle. This is where we can see that there are very little to no industry standards which can and do cause consumer headaches. Thankfully, IT is rife with standards, and that’s a very good thing.
If you took a moment to consider your particular industry, you may find that like most there has never been another era of such rapid advancement driven by technology than this one.
No plan is ever complete until it has been tested once and again.
The Seven Key Elements of A Continuity Plan
A Business Continuity Plan is put in place to lower or eliminate altogether the downtime that comes after a disruptive event. These can come in many forms including fires, floods, user error, poor infrastructure, malicious activity, hardware defect, and this day and age, even terrorism. All of these can lead to loss of internet and telecom connectivity and even the loss of data.
There was a time when a phone was just that, a phone. You had your home phone, your office phone, your home office phone, and if you were fancy, your car phone. If people wanted to reach you, they had to take measurements of the time of day and circumstances of the moment to estimate the best number at which to reach you.